ORDER XVI

1THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 1978 1THE SUPREME COURT RULES, 1978. PART II APPELLATE JURISDICTION ORDER XVI APPEARANCE BY RESPONDENT 1. The respondent shall enter an appearance within thirty days of the receipt of the notice of despatch of the record under Order XIV but he may enter an appearance at any time before the hearing of the appeal on such terms as the Court thinks fit. 2. The respondent shall forthwith after entering an appearance give notice thereof to the appellant and endorse a copy of such notice to the Registry. 3, Where there are two or more respondents, and only one, or some, of them enter an appearance the Appearance Form shall set out the names of the appearing respondents. 4. Two or more respondents may, at their‑ own risk as to costs, enter separate appearance in the same appeal. 5 A respondent who has not entered an appearance shall not be entitled to receive any notices relating to the appeal from the Registrar, nor be allowed to lodge a concise statement in the appeal. 6. Where a respondent fails to enter an appearance in an appeal within thirty days of the lodging of the concise statement by the appellant, and on proof of service of notice of the same having been served on him, the appeal may be set down ex parte as against the said non‑appearing respondent. The Registrar shall give notice of the appeal having been set down ex‑parte the non‑appearing respondent: Provided that the Court may condone the delay and grant such further time to the non‑appearing respondent as it may deem fit.